Windsor uniform
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Undress Windsor uniform, as worn by Prince Augustus Frederick
(a son of King George III) in 1798The Windsor uniform is a type of formal dress worn at Windsor Castle by male members of the British royal family (and some very senior courtiers).[1]
History
The uniform was introduced by
King Charles III has worn a version of it as a riding
coat).
The uniform currently takes the form of an evening
tail coat of dark blue cloth, lapelled, with scarlet collar and cuffs.[1] There are three buttons on each front, two at the back of the waist, two at the end of each tail, and also two on each cuff (plus one above). The gilt buttons bear a design of a Garter star
within a garter, surmounted by the imperial crown.
It is worn with a white single-breasted waistcoat with three small gilt buttons of the same pattern, and with plain black evening-dress trousers.dinner jacket version of the coat.
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Windsor uniform". Dress and insignia worn at His Majesty's court (London: 1921). Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ Jeremy Black, George III: America's Last King (New Haven: Princeton University Press, 2006), 118 and 428.
- ^ "London Friday May 18". Hampshire Chronicle. England. 19 May 1798. Retrieved 28 January 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.
External links
Media related to Windsor uniform at Wikimedia Commons- Windsor uniform – Dress and insignia worn at His Majesty's court (1921)
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